Burglary suspect accused of fleeing police in high-speed chases

LAFAYETTE — Forty-four-year-old Calvin Aaron Lowe had a busy night leading police on chases in Tippecanoe and Clinton counties, according to police agencies.

Lowe's early morning adventure started just before 3 a.m. Friday, when Lafayette police received a report of attempted burglaries at several businesses in the old Pay Less Super Market strip mall in the 2800 block of Old U.S. 231, according to police.

Officers arrived to find Lowe still there attempting to break into a store, police said.

Lafayette police briefly chased the suspect, who sped away in his car, but Lafayette officers ended the pursuit, police said.

A short time later near U.S. 231 and Indiana 28, a Tippecanoe County sheriff's deputy saw the car and pursued it until speeds became reckless, according to Tippecanoe County sheriff's Chief Deputy Steve Hartman.

Indiana State Police later spotted the car in Clinton County and gave chase, as did Frankfort police, Hartman said.

Lafayette police reports indicate that the chase went through Frankfort a couple of times before it ended with Lowe's arrest.

Lowe, of 50 Ridgedale Drive, Decatur, Illinois, was booked into the Tippecanoe County Jail at 7:34 a.m. Friday. He faces preliminary charges of burglary, two counts of resisting law enforcement and three counts of reckless driving, according to book-in records.

He remained incarcerated Friday morning in lieu of a $5,000 surety bond and $1,000 cash bond, according to online jail records.

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